Katyayana-smriti [sanskrit]

by Manmatha Nath Dutt | 2006 | 9,945 words | ISBN-10: 8171102794

The Sanskrit edition of the Katyayana-smriti referencing the English translation and grammatical analysis. The Katyayana-smriti is one of the minor works on Dharmashastra as mentioned in the Yajnavalkya-smriti. Katyayana is the author of a clear and full treatise on law and also wrote on grammar and other subjects. Alternative titles: Kātyāyanasmṛti (कात्यायनस्मृतिः), Kātyāyana-smṛti (कात्यायन-स्मृति).

Verse 63.16 [728]

बालधात्रीं अदासीं च दासीं इव भुनक्ति यः ।
परिचारकपत्नीं वा प्राप्नुयात्पूर्वसाहसम् ॥ १६ [७२८] ॥

bāladhātrīṃ adāsīṃ ca dāsīṃ iva bhunakti yaḥ |
paricārakapatnīṃ vā prāpnuyātpūrvasāhasam || 16 [728] ||

The English translation of Katyayana-smriti Verse 63.16 [728] is contained in the book Sixteen Minor Smrtis: 2 Volumes by Manmatha Nath Dutt. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (63.16 [728]). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bala, Dhatri, Ada, Asi, Dasi, Iva, Bhu, Yah, Paricaraka, Patni, Pra, Purvasahasa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Katyayana-smriti Verse 63.16 [728]). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “bāladhātrīṃ adāsīṃ ca dāsīṃ iva bhunakti yaḥ
  • bāla -
  • bāla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bāla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhātrīm -
  • dhātrī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • adā -
  • ada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • asīm -
  • asī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dāsīm -
  • dāsī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bhu -
  • bhu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bhu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bhū (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • nakti -
  • nakti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “paricārakapatnīṃ prāpnuyātpūrvasāhasam || 16 [728] |
  • paricāraka -
  • paricāraka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • patnīm -
  • patnī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • prā -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
    prā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • āpnuyāt -
  • āp (verb class 5)
    [optative active third single]
  • pūrvasāhasam -
  • pūrvasāhasa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 16*72
  • Cannot analyse 728
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